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Recent Examples of cow town
New York and other host cities will have to work to outdo what some city slickers might dismiss as a cow town.
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The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2026
What was once just a sleepy little ‘cow town’ in Central California, has now become one of the trendiest wine regions to visit, along with national wine sales that are outperforming the rest of the market.
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Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
If Great Bend failed to achieve the notoriety of Dodge City or other cow towns, Moses’s fellow citizens gave him much of the credit.
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Katy Roberts,
Washington Post,
29 July 2024
And while Livingston is far from a cow town — more like a fancy-fly-rod-and-real-estate town — Campione still stands out.
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Melissa Clark,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2023
In the sporting world, all eyes were on tiny Shelby, Montana, a two-block cow town where on July Fourth heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, the Manassa Mauler, would defend this title against Tommy Gibbons.
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Andrew Wolfson,
The Courier-Journal,
30 June 2023
In proud but struggling little communities throughout rural Northern California, grand old hotels hark back to when these places were booming Gold Rush towns, timber towns and cow towns.
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Laura Blasey,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2023
Peoria morphed from cow town to boom town, tripling in population to about 190,000 today.
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Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2023
Daruszka, who speaks on rail topics at libraries and local historical societies, is leading a campaign to make more people aware of how railroads fueled Chicago’s explosive growth from frontier cow town to America’s third largest city.
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Susan Degrane,
chicagotribune.com,
4 Nov. 2021
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
26 May 2026
What was once just a sleepy little ‘cow town’ in Central California, has now become one of the trendiest wine regions to visit, along with national wine sales that are outperforming the rest of the market.
—
Liz Thach,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
If Great Bend failed to achieve the notoriety of Dodge City or other cow towns, Moses’s fellow citizens gave him much of the credit.
—
Katy Roberts,
Washington Post,
29 July 2024
And while Livingston is far from a cow town — more like a fancy-fly-rod-and-real-estate town — Campione still stands out.
—
Melissa Clark,
New York Times,
18 Sep. 2023
In the sporting world, all eyes were on tiny Shelby, Montana, a two-block cow town where on July Fourth heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, the Manassa Mauler, would defend this title against Tommy Gibbons.
—
Andrew Wolfson,
The Courier-Journal,
30 June 2023
In proud but struggling little communities throughout rural Northern California, grand old hotels hark back to when these places were booming Gold Rush towns, timber towns and cow towns.
—
Laura Blasey,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2023
Peoria morphed from cow town to boom town, tripling in population to about 190,000 today.
—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2023
Daruszka, who speaks on rail topics at libraries and local historical societies, is leading a campaign to make more people aware of how railroads fueled Chicago’s explosive growth from frontier cow town to America’s third largest city.
—
Susan Degrane,
chicagotribune.com,
4 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cow town
Noun
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In Corfu, days were spent hiking to the island's best beaches, wandering through pastel old-town streets, and stopping for long lunches in mountain villages.
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Blending matters more, too; while the village of Faugères lends its name to the wine, six others at varying altitudes (up to 400m) and exposures make up the appellation.
Noun
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With far less hair, Ella’s green eyes seemed greener, like those of the feral black cats that roamed their hamlet, meowing for table scraps, which were often given without hesitation.
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Prosecutors say Heuermann strangled Costilla to death in November 1993 and left her body in North Sea, a hamlet on Long Island, where it was quickly discovered by hunters.
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“Cow town.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cow%20town. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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